Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied: Primary care clinicians with prescribing privileges including physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners (N=58). Setting: Two health care systems in New York City. Instrument: Self-administered survey.

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Hypertension Primary Care Management Nurse Practitioner 130

The Physicians Foundation

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Diminishing Workforce: Primary care clinician shortages worsen access to care The number of primary care clinicians, including physicians, nurse practitioners (NPs), and physician assistants (PAs), decreased from 105.7 Oregon also ranks highest in primary care spending for Medicaid (8.2%) and Medicare (6.4%). per 100,000 in 2022.

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Primary Care Chronic Disease Primary Care Physician Nurse Practitioner 52

Medical Xpress

MARCH 8, 2023

A web-based program that educates mothers about how to find reliable health information and the dangers of babies contracting vaccine-preventable illnesses was effective in persuading vaccine-hesitant mothers to vaccinate themselves and their infants, according to a study led by researchers at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing.

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Vaccination Nurse Practitioner Illness Education 75

GeriPal

APRIL 27, 2023

Attendee 3: PCHETA, the Palliative Care Hospice and Education Training Act, of course. Attendee 9: Early integration of palliative care in medical education. We need good nurse practitioners. So I worry about burnout for our teams, but I’m hopeful that we can continue to grow and educate each other.

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Specialization Illness Healthcare Patient-Centered 93

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

Pregnant with her second child, she schleps a backpack instead of a traditional black bag to carry a laptop and essential medical supplies — stethoscope, blood pressure cuff, and pulse oximeter. ” Nurse practitioners are having those conversations more and more as their patient base trends older.

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Nurse Practitioner Families Family Primary Care 52

GeriPal

JANUARY 12, 2023

Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome back to the GeriPal Podcast, Stephanie Rogers, who’s a geriatrician and medical director of UCSF’s, age-friendly health systems. And those that are out there in this space tend to be grouped together in academic medical centers. Kellie, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast.

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Hospital Patient-Centered IT Nurse Practitioner 100

GeriPal

JUNE 8, 2023

When I’m on nursing home call, the most common page I receive is for a blood sugar value. When I’m on palliative care consults and attending in our hospice unit we have to counsel patients about deprescribing and de-intensifying diabetes medications. What are the risks and rewards of new classes of medications? Happy to be here.

Diabetes 73

Diabetes Management Patient-Centered Families 73

GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

Meg is a researcher and professor of Gerontological Nursing and a Geriatric Nurse Practitioner in the School of Nursing at UCSF. Nick: More than obesity, more than education, that’s the one that people pay attention to. Eric: Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

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IT Screening Hospital Clinic 102

GeriPal

OCTOBER 24, 2024

David is a physician who wrote the book “ Stoned: A Doctor’s Case for Medical Marijuana ” and gave a TED talk on “ A Doctor’s Case for Medical Marijuana ” that was watched over 3 million times. laughter] Alex 01:39 Material here for songs related to medical marijuana or marijuana in general. David 00:26 Thanks.

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Medical IT Patient-Centered Healthcare 98

ABIM

JUNE 24, 2025

The group discussed policy shifts and potential implications for graduate medical education and health equity. Dr. McDonald acknowledged that recent executive orders have emphasized more competition in medical and legal education accreditation, but reaffirmed ABIM’s commitment to evidence-based practice and health equity.

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Board-Certified Board-Certified Physicians Government Community 40

GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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Patient-Centered IT Illness Patients 122

GeriPal

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Today we talk with DorAnne Donesky, Michelle Milic, Naomi Saks, & Cara Wallace about the notion that we should revolutionize our education programs, training programs, teams, incentive structures, and practice to be intentionally interprofessional in all phases. Michelle, welcome to GeriPal. Michelle 01:22 Thanks for having us today.

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Screening IT Families Family 119

GeriPal

APRIL 14, 2022

Our experts include Katie Fitzgerald Jones (palliative nurse practitioner and doctoral student at Boston College), Zachary Sager (palliative care physician at the Boston VA and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute), and Janet Ho (physician at UCSF in addiction medicine and palliative care). This was the hot topic at AHPM. Katie: Thank you.

Illness 102

Illness Patient-Centered IT Patients 102

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Alex: Today we’re delighted to welcome Jerry Gurwitz, who is a geriatrician and professor of medicine at the UMass Chan Medical School. I talked about lack of prestige and respect, and I talked about how healthcare system leaders and medical school deans don’t always seem to value the field of geriatrics. How long ago?

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Board-Certified IT Community Medical Student 91

GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

These individuals may become unrepresented, meaning they lack the capacity to make a specific medical decision, do not have an advance directive for that decision, and do not have a surrogate to help. All right, and finally we have Yael Zweig, who is a geriatric nurse practitioner at NYU. Yael, welcome to GeriPal.

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Healthcare 109

FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Patient education and discussion are critical before initiating therapy. Only clinicians familiar with dosing and absorption of ER/LA opioid transdermal fentanyl who educate their patients about it should consider prescribing it. Expected clinical benefits should be weighed against risks before beginning therapy. Recommendation 4. .

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Patients Patient-Centered ER Individual 52

GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

And assisted living doesn’t offer the same level of medical supportive services as nursing homes. That services need to be in the building, I think is an important one to talk about because people in nurses nursing homes do have a lot of medical issues. It is intended to be a continuum of care.

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Nurse Practitioner Referral Consulting Board-Certified 78

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Medical communication is tough, although fundamentally at its most basic unit of delivery, it includes really only three steps. First, a clinician’s thoughts must be encoded into words, then transmitted often via sounds, and finally decoded back to thoughts by a patient or family member. Simple, right?

Families 144

Families Family Patient-Centered IT 144

GeriPal

JANUARY 20, 2023

As somebody who works in a nursing home, I can barely read a nursing home note anymore because if it’s on electronic medical record, it’s usually a bunch of check boxes, several pages. We might evaluate that in a small number of nursing homes and go from there. Eric: I’m going to push you on that.

Finance 95

Finance Board-Certified IT Provider 95

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Alex 00:27 And we’re delighted to welcome S a ch Kale, who is a palliative care doc at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. But my medical training kicked in. Or they might, you know, they might sell their medication, which this population is also prone to. Janet, welcome back to the GeriPal Podcast.

Patients 72

Patients Clinic Patient-Centered Illness 72

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

Lastly, we discuss Katie’s paper on substance use disorder in an aging population and how one can incorporate the 5 Ms (ie, matters most, medications, mind, mobility, and multicomplexity) into a framework for age-friendly care for older adults with substance use disorder. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™. Katie, welcome back to GeriPal.

Illness 136

Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic 136

GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary Four percent of deaths in Canada are due to Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). What’s up with Medical aid in dying in Canada? Eric: So again, the topic is going to be medical aid in dying in Canada. Four percent. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™. Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast.

Illness 144

Illness IT Medical Provider 144

GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

While we like to think about how our goals and preferences will influence what that life looks like, including whether you will get potentially burdensome interventions, your fate is probably influenced more by factors like where you live and what nursing home you happen to end up in. . Eric: And Alex, we got a full house today. Ruth: Sure.

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Nurse Practitioner Hospital Families Family 60

GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

A friend of GeriPal, and prior guest, Guy Micco commented today that we need an RCT for chaplaincy is like the idea that the humanities need to justify their value in medical training: “It’s like being told to measure the taste of orange juice with a ruler.” In addition to that long list, I was also a chaplain educator.

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IT Patient-Centered Families Family 99

GeriPal

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Unpacking characteristics of spirituality through the lens of persons of colour living with serious illness: The need for nurse-based education to increase understanding of the spiritual dimension in healthcare. I thought I was going to be a professor or educator, decided I didn’t like that. This is Eric Widera.

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Patient-Centered Illness Healthcare IT 115

GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

She’s a hospice and palliative care nurse practitioner and Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at UCSF. We also have Joe Shega, who is a hospice physician, and he is a Chief Medical Officer and Vice President at VITAS Healthcare. Welcome back to GeriPal, Lauren. Lauren: Thanks for having me.

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IT Provider Patients Families 113

GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

Do they have documents in the record like medical orders for life sustaining treatment or a healthcare proxy? The one thing that we know is that education alone will not actually deliver behavior change. For residents and nurse practitioners, primary outcome was the quality of communication. That’s not news to us.

Patient-Centered 77

Patient-Centered IT Hospital Patients 77

GeriPal

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Alex: Today we are delighted to welcome Heather Coats, who’s a palliative care nurse practitioner and scientist and Director of Research at the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, or HPNA, an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado and Schutz College of Nursing. This is Eric Widera. Oh my gosh.

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IT Patient-Centered Healthcare Illness 105

GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

It could be in housing, it could be a standalone senior center, home delivered meals, nutrition counseling and nutrition education done by registered dieticians. 60% of all medical costs have nothing to do with your health diagnosis. It’s really the nutrition program, which is inclusive of congregate meals.

Community 89

Community Nurse Practitioner Provider IT 89

GeriPal

JUNE 6, 2024

And that really is what prompted me to get certified as a sexual education provider. I actually went to planned parenthood of Rhode island, and as a practicing oncologist, sat with folks, some of who had just graduated high school, others who were nurse practitioners, and they started from the very, very basics of pelvic anatomy.

Illness 130

Illness IT Physicals Patients 130

GeriPal

DECEMBER 29, 2022

So many times, family caregivers have to argue with their loved ones about getting more help in the home or moving them to a place that has safety, has close proximity to medical care. But that’s something that we never get taught in medical school, and it’s not a bad thing to negotiate with somebody.

Families 96

Families Family IT Patient-Centered 96

GeriPal

JULY 13, 2023

There was no further education, role play, vital talky stuff, I want to learn more, so here are some? So somebody had to write something down in the medical record that talked about goals of care, and there was no template, there was no form that you filled out for this. And so that’s kind of what it is. Alex: Yeah.

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Hospital 83

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This model will give participating programs a per-member-per-month payment to offer care management, care coordination, and other services such as caregiver training, disease education, and respite. I had the tenacity and education to try to figure this out. But for other- Diane: And it’s on the medical side. Diane: Huge.

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Patient-Centered IT Families Family 125

Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 6, 2025

Here are some of the most impactful examples of preventative health care: Immunizations: The Gold Standard of Prevention Vaccinations represent perhaps the single most effective preventive care measure in medical history. They have eradicated or dramatically reduced many diseases that once caused widespread suffering and death.

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Preventative Care Preventive Care Family Physician Screening 100

Pamela Wible MD

JUNE 19, 2025

Published 2/5/19, updated 6/19/25) Rowdiest audience ever (at a medical conference at least). It’s now so common that more than half of all doctors report symptoms, with medical students , residents , and even senior clinicians feeling pushed to the brink. Among medical trainees suicide is the number one cause of death today.

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Clinic Nurse Practitioner IT Medical 246

GeriPal

JULY 14, 2022

Imagine that you are the medical director of a large (>150 bed) nursing home. The other physicians who previously saw patients in the nursing home are no longer coming to your facility because you have COVID positive patients. You’re short on nurses and nurse aids so now you have to help deliver meals.”.

Nurse Practitioner 136

Nurse Practitioner Patient-Centered Vaccination Emergency Room 136

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

And we then did a bunch of work to develop medical criteria, to choose the right patients for hospital-at-home. For the most part, programs are doing, twice a day, nursing visits. They’re doing, once a day, either MD, or MP, or nurse practitioner visits in the home as well. Eric: Virtual or in person, for the MD?

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Hospital Patient-Centered Supply Chain IT 115